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Aquatic ecology in Lake Nam Co, Tibetan Plateau:current awareness and perspective
XU Jun1, KANG Shi-chang1,2
1. Donghu Experimental Station of Cake Ecosystems, State Key Lab of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Wuhan 430072. China; 2. Nam Co Station for Multisphere Observation and Research, Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing 100085, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Abstract  

The most crowded and highest lakes in the world are distributed on the Tibetan Plateau. Lake Nam Co in the North Tibet is the highest great lake in the world and is the second biggest salt water lake, only inferior to Lake Qinghai, in China. Integrated ecological research in this lake will have the important model and the demonstration significance to other lakes in the Tibetan Plateau. This article summarized ecology research in Lake Nam Co from the hierarchical components of the food web, including fishes, waterfowl, aquatic plant, plankton and benthic invertebrates. In view of the fact that basic characteristics of the lake ecosystem have not yet obtain the comprehensive understanding, we suggested the ecological concerns should be concentrated on biogeochemistry, foodweb dynamics, anthropogenic effects on lake system, climatic change response and comparative limnology research in this region.

Key wordsTibetan Plateau      Nam Co (Namtso)      lake and watershed      structure and function      anthropogenic activities     
Received: 25 June 2010     
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XU Jun,KANG Shi-chang. Aquatic ecology in Lake Nam Co, Tibetan Plateau:current awareness and perspective[J]. , 2010, 29(3): 298-305.
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